Fishing Lac du Canular in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec is where Lac du Canular sits. It sits in boreal forest country. This is a pocket water of some 2 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. The town to know is Pont Rouge, 62 km out. The big place round here is Saguenay, 93 km distant. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac du Canular

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. County-wide records name northern pike, Atlantic salmon and lake whitefish. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Lac du Canular where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and January near -19°C. The freeze holds for the better part of the year. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early May. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. The season on Lac du Canular rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac Simard is 0.9 km off. Check the current arrangement for Lac du Canular.